Storia di Piera (The Story of Piera) (1983)
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This sometimes confusing erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti though it focuses more on her mother Eugenia (Hanna Schygulla). The liberated Eugenia and her spaced-out, husband (Marcello… More This sometimes confusing erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti though it focuses more on her mother Eugenia (Hanna Schygulla). The liberated Eugenia and her spaced-out, husband (Marcello Mastroianni) -- a professor -- live in a small provincial Italian town, where Eugenia is noticed as she zooms around on her bicycle and chats up strangers at the train station. While still no more than a grown child, Piera -- in tight dresses -- goes with her mother for a threesome when she engages in sexual relations with other men and subsequently suffers both from poor health and the lack of a normal home. The shadow of the future already clouds the household when Eugenia is committed again and again to the psychiatric clinic. By the time Piera has become an adult, both of her parents are in separate mental hospitals -- and both (even the father) are still sexually eccentric, to say the least. (Hanna Schygulla) won the "Best Actress" award at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of Eugenia. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marco Ferreri
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 18, 1983 Wide
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Cast
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Hanna Schygulla
as Eugenia
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Isabelle Huppert
as Pierra
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Marcello Mastroianni
as Lorenzo Pierra's father
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Angelo Infanti
as Tito/Giasone
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Tanya Lopert
as Elide
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Maurizio Donadoni
as Massimo
- Aiche Nana
- Bettina Grühn
